By Jimmy
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has claimed that there is evidence indicating that the Igbo race actually migrated from Ile-Ife.
The Ooni revealed that there is Ile-Igbo in the Ife palace, which was not a recent creation but has existed for decades.
He stated this on Saturday while addressing journalists ahead of an International Conference titled ‘Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization: Nexus between Tradition and Modernity’, at his palace in Ile-Ife.
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According to Oba Ogunwusi, the Yoruba race has about a quarter of its history documented. He challenged academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of the Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history.
The monarch said that proper documentation will not only foster unity but reveal the ties across ethnic groups. Hence, the reason he is collaborating with select universities on the need to properly document the history of the race with a view to enhancing cohesion among the people globally.
“We have good evidence to believe that the Igbo race has its roots here in Ile-Ife,” the Ooni said. “There is Ile-Igbo here in the palace, which was not a recent creation but has been existing here for decades. For this and many other reasons, I believe we need proper documentation of our history.
“We are not involving government in this project so that we can just place all the facts together, we must write our history properly and put things the right for the coming generations.”
Reactions: Please check again
See some of the reactions below:
@Kolaqhazim wrote: “Kabiyiesi, please check again, I know you are our custodian of history, but pls check again.”
@Onyeckerous wrote: “Not all Igbos. Some migrated from Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar was turned into an animal. they could not take it, so they left.”
@OlatayoAlphonso wrote: “His not talking about South East Igbo people because those ones are something else 🙄 and we’re not ready to associate ourselves with them in any way. Na, only 10 per cent of those people dey normal in Nigeria.”
@_Victorsmog wrote: “We have a place in Igbo land called Yoruba. Does it mean Yoruba is from IGBOs?”
@jude_ukaigwe wrote: “True! Some Igbo from Israel, some from Ife, some from Asia, some from Edo.. the diversity of the Igbo man remains a mystery👀🌚”
@_Victorsmog wrote: “On colos on colos! Agbados APC are insulting igbos, Ooni is also insulting us. Can you leave us alone please? We’re not from Yoruba.”
@JosephOnuorah wrote: “Na so … 😂 After 6 wives – Baba can say anything.”
@emmy4life02 wrote: “Ooni should leave history & politics. Focus on marrying more wives, which he is very good at.”
@NjaCoach wrote: “He can’t be talking about Ibos, the ones in Biafra, so, no problem. Ibos & Yoruba have different DNAs.”
@African_unifier wrote: “Benin migrated from Yoruba, Igbo migrated from Yoruba, 😂 confused entity, Africans are one no one migrated from anywhere, we have been living here and we have been living together.
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